INSTRAW Library

Welcome to the INSTRAW LIBRARY, a compilation of around 600 publications produced by the former UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW), which served as the leading UN institute devoted to research, training and knowledge management to achieve gender equality and women’s empowerment. INSTRAW, along with DAW, OSAGI and UNIFEM, came together in 2010 to establish the present UN Women.

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The Legacy of INSTRAW

In addition to the INSTRAW Library, the UN Women Training Centre presents the publication “The legacy of INSTRAW in promoting the rights of women. A historical record of the Institute between 1976 and 2010”, which intends to pay tribute to the story of INSTRAW as well as to the women’s movements and governments which supported it.

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ID: 1989-E-DEV-GLO
Reference: Report of the Seminar on Women in Development: Post-Nairobi Alternative Approaches. (1989). Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: INSTRAW.
Year: 1989
Description: This report summarizes the seminar which brought together women leaders from the Caribbean to discuss trends and alternative approaches related to women in the sub-region following the end of the United Nations Decade for Women and the adoption of the Nairobi Forward-looking-Strategies. In the working groups, three topics were discussed in greater depth: indentification of WID issues for policy design and action at international, regional and national levels; integrated and sectoral approaches to participatory planning and programming-guidelines and checklist on WID; and selected countries reports submitted to the Commitee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Instraw's Mandate: Expert group meeting
Theme: Development
Keywords: Post Nairobi Alternative Approaches, Planning, Gender and development
Geographic Area: Global
Languages: English
Type of Product: Report
Disponibility: Printed
LinkToFile: PDF FILE